Cash boost for Bell Tower appealEvesham ObserverThe dramatic move meant Wychavon District Council no longer approved any new requests for advance payments - meaning bids to obtain funding for the Bell Tower appeal would not be considered. But earlier this year council chiefs at the district council ...

Two-week festival celebrates wealth of talent in HurstWest Sussex County TimesHurst Festival marks a decade as one of Sussex's most popular arts events this year. The two-week festival, which takes place from September 13 to 27, was founded to celebrate the wealth of talent in the picturesque West Sussex village and to provide a ...

News from Cherry HintonCambridge NewsA Quarter Peal of bells was rung to honour the memory of the Fallen, not just of the village of Cherry Hinton but of all the Nations involved in the First World War. The Cherry Hinton Branch of The Royal British Legion participated in the service, with ...

The sound of centuriesThe Harvell gazetteFollowing extensive fundraising and restoration, the white steeple, belfry and bronze bell were installed on July 10 to the cheers of neighbors and volunteers who helped make the project a reality. The historic wood-framed church building where poet ...

East Parish neighbors an inspiring groupThe Harvell gazetteDavid Hewey restored the belfry and the bell's frame and also handcrafted a new wooden wheel for the bell. Neighbors' efforts have restored the building from the kind of disrepair that was allowing rodents and other creatures to make their way inside.

Remembering their sacrificeLoughboroughEcho.netMel Gould, chairman of the Loughborough Carillon tower and War Memorial Museum, said there was a cut off date for the brass plaque so some names were not added to the tower. Coun Paul Day, Mayor of Charnwood lost his grandfather during World War ...

WW1: Night vigil draws crowds on Wells RecWells JournalSilence fell among the crowd as the Last Post was played by a single bugler and a muted peal of a bell from St Cuthbert's Church rang out. Robin White, from the Royal British Legion, said: “Like all these types of event you never know how it's going to ...

LONG BLOWS: 80th birthdays, water bills and marriage debatesBoorowa NewsWhen this column appears, the author will have officially become an octogenarian. Which means that he has become an old man. There are some disadvantages with being this old, but of course, as someone pointed out, it's preferable to the alternative.

St Johns bells toll to recall the Great WarParramatta SunThirteen memorial bells tolled at Parramatta's St Johns Cathedral at 8am to mark the exact moment Australia and the British Empire became involved in the Great War. The bell ringing matched a London vigil service at Westminster Abbey at 11pm August 4 ...

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